Check Magnetic task details for issue comments
Use new discussion as a prompt to revisit the work record behind it.
Trigger
New GitHub Issue Comment
Triggers when a new comment is added to a specific GitHub issue. Only genuinely new comments are emitted; edits to existing comments do not produce duplicate events. The payload includes the comment ID, text body, author details, timestamps, and direct links to the comment on GitHub.
Action
Get Magnetic Task
Tool to retrieve a task by its id. use after confirming you have the taskid.
Why this helps
Important decisions in issue comments are easy to separate from the corresponding task details.
- Keep decisions connected
- Reduce tab hopping
- Refresh task context
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect GitHub and Magnetic to Notis once.
- 2Open New Automation in the portal.
- 3Tell Notis to retrieve the relevant Magnetic task details when a new GitHub issue comment arrives.
- 4Select the new issue comment trigger and a report channel.
- 5Post a test comment on an issue.
Questions about this workflow
What task is retrieved?
Describe the relevant task reference in your plain-language automation instruction.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link GitHub to Magnetic. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
GitHub triggers
Magnetic actions
New Workflow Artifact Created
Triggers when a new workflow artifact is created in a GitHub repository. Monitors for newly created GitHub Actions workflow artifacts. Optionally filters by artifact name to restrict monitoring to specific artifacts.
Get Current Follow-ups
Tool to retrieve upcoming follow-ups assigned to the authenticated user. use after authentication to view scheduled tasks.
Branch Changed
Triggers when a GitHub branch changes. Monitors a specific branch for: - New commits pushed (head commit SHA changes) - Protection status toggled (branch becomes protected or unprotected) - Protection settings changed, including: required status checks and their enforcement level, admin enforcement, required pull request reviews (dismiss stale reviews, code owner reviews, approving review count, last push approval), required linear history, force push allowance, deletion allowance, conversation resolution, branch locking, and fork syncing.
Search Client Contacts
Tool to search contacts by field or client id. use when you need to retrieve client contacts matching given criteria after authentication.
New Branch Created
Triggers when a new branch is created in a GitHub repository. Detects newly created branches. Deleted branches do not fire events.
Get Contact Tags
Tool to get all tags associated with a contact. use after confirming the contactid to list contact tags.
Check Run Status / Conclusion Changed
Triggers when a specific GitHub check run changes its status or conclusion. Monitors a single check run for changes to: status (queued, in_progress, completed, etc.), conclusion (success, failure, neutral, cancelled, skipped, timed_out, action_required), started_at, and completed_at.
Get Magnetic Groupings
Tool to retrieve a list of groupings. use after authentication when you need to select a grouping to comment on.
Check Suite Status / Conclusion Changed
Triggers when a GitHub check suite changes its status or conclusion for a given ref. Monitors all check suites associated with a git reference (branch, tag, or commit SHA) for changes to status (queued, in_progress, completed, etc.) and conclusion (success, failure, neutral, cancelled, skipped, timed_out, action_required, startup_failure, stale). Optionally filters by GitHub App ID.
Get Grouping Statuses
Tool to retrieve the list of statuses for signed groupings. use after authentication when you need available grouping status options for tasks or jobs.
New Code Scanning Alert Created
Triggers when a new code scanning alert is created in a repository. Fires an event for each newly created code scanning alert detected in the configured repository. Alerts can be filtered by Git reference, scanning tool, state, and severity. The payload includes the alert number, rule details, tool information, state, severity, and the location of the most recent instance.
Get Grouping Tags
Tool to retrieve tags associated with any groupings owned by the company. use after authentication when grouping tags are needed.
New Repository Collaborator Added
Triggers when a new collaborator is added to a GitHub repository. Monitors the full list of collaborators on a repository and fires an event for each newly added collaborator. The payload includes the collaborator's GitHub username, account ID, profile URL, avatar URL, permission flags (pull, triage, push, maintain, admin), and assigned role name.
Get Magnetic Opportunity Statuses
Tool to retrieve opportunity statuses. use when you need current status options for unsigned groupings (opportunities).
Commit Event
Triggered when a new commit is pushed to a repository.
Get Magnetic Task
Tool to retrieve a task by its id. use after confirming you have the taskid.
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